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Re: How to request specific IPaddress with DHCP?



On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 10:02:22AM +1000, mdevin wrote:
> > You can use ifconfig to change the MAC address quite easily on a
> > number of cards. You need to bring the interface down first, and
> > then the command is something like:
> > 
> > ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:00:AA:AA:AA:AA

> Wow!  I didn't know you could do that.  It will be interesting to see if
> I can make my ISP give me the IP address I want.  I have just gotten my
> domain name servers updated again so I won't try it now.  But next time
> they change my IP address, I am going to try this approach.

Now I have to wonder if you can set MAC's to virtual interfaces, like eth0:1...

-- 
Baloo

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